By Own Correspondent – The Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, M.Abdullahi, yesterday told the special crime court presided over by Justice Ikpala that the state may file more charges against six Nigerians and a Gambian accomplice currently facing trial. DDPP M. Abdullahi was responding to a bail application filed on behalf of the accused persons by their defence counsel, Sagarr Jahateh. The accused persons: Joseph Okeke, Nonso Mbosah, Anuwa Ibiam, Arinze Izuchukwu, Pius Patrick, all Nigerians, and Awa Touray, a Gambian, are on trial for alleged multiple offences ranging from conspiracy to commit a felony, abduction, obtaining money by false... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 26th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – A five-day intermediate coaching course for 25 female coaches from the first and second division clubs of The Gambia yesterday kicked off at the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum in the West Coast Region of The Gambia. The course was organised by the Gambia Football Association (GFA) in collaboration with Fifa. Ms Jacqueline Shipanga, Fifa Instructor from Namibia, speaking at the opening ceremony, congratulated the national U-20 team on their victorious result over their much-fancied opponents Ivory Coast, a result that has ensured the participation of the U-20 team in the U-20 African Championship to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 26th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – A decisive goal from Captain Saihou Gassama was all but enough for the Gambia national U20 team to qualify for the African U20 youth championship finals in Libya after beating Ivory Coast 1-nil at the Felix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Saturday. The Gambian team, headed by local coach Lamin Sarr, that has progressed to the championship with a 2-nil win, on aggregate, over their West African counterparts, scored the only goal converted by Saihou Gassama from a spot kick. The penalty came as a result of a lefty tackle on striker Alasana Camara from an... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 26th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – Balla Jarju, the third prosecution witness, on Friday told the Brikama Magistrates’ Court that he was charged D60,000 by the first accused person, Jerreh Jarju, for the conditional release of his brother, who was arrested for being in possession of cannabis in Foni. The witness was giving evidence in the ongoing trial involving Samba Camara, officer commanding the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) in the West Coast Region, and Jarreh Jarju, station officer, Sibanor Police Station. Balla Jarju, a native of Nyakoi Bintang village in the West Coast Region, appeared before Magistrate Nkea of the Brikama... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 25th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – The Court dismissed the second objection raised by the Gambian authorities, defendant in the case of torture filed by a victim, Musa Saidykhan, a former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based The Independent newspaper. On June 30, 2009, the Community Court ruled against Gambian government’s first objection asking the court to dismiss Saidykhan case on grounds that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case and also that Saidykhan had also not exhausted all local remedies. This ruling means that the court will consider in its judgment the clothes that Saidykhan purported to have worn during... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 25th 2010 |
